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An investigator will not forward a complaint filed by toll-road opponent Terri Hall to the Bexar County district attorney's office because the issue is civil, not criminal, a police department spokeswoman said Tuesday.

Hall filed the complaint Thursday with the San Antonio Police Department's white collar crime division, part of its Special Crimes Unit. In it, Hall — representing the group Texans Uniting for Reform and Freedom — accused the region's transportation policy board members of violating the Open Meetings Act on June 25.

Hall said the agenda item for the vote was vaguely worded and did not give the public a sufficient idea that the board would be approving expressways that will include nontoll and toll lanes and free lanes for public transit.

But a detective in the Special Crimes unit, who took Hall's complaint, decided not to forward the issue to the DA's office.

“He didn't find any criminal violation with her complaint or her concern that she voiced,” said SAPD spokeswoman Sandy Gutierrez. “It seems as though there may be a civil remedy versus a criminal one.”

Hall said she was not surprised by the Police Department's rejection of the case, saying the matter “is politically charged.”

“The law clearly states it is a criminal matter,” Hall said. “It's a misdemeanor.”

MPO Attorney Frank Garza said the law allows for both a criminal investigation and a civil review. Pursuing a criminal case would be difficult, he said, because it would have to be proved that the board members knowingly violated the Open Meetings Act.

Although Hall said she was taken aback by SAPD's decision — the detective left her a phone message Tuesday — she added that the case “isn't ending here.”

“I do know what the next steps are, but I'm not prepared to comment on them,” Hall said.